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The reason for this change was given in bug 1040868 :
The preference to set Firefox as your default browser should be front and center when loading up the preferences. Currently it is buried under advanced options.

P.S. I added this article to the [/contributors/need-changes Need Changes] list.
The reason for this change was given in [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1040868 bug 1040868] :
''The preference to set Firefox as your default browser should be front and center when loading up the preferences. Currently it is buried under advanced options.''

December 4, 2014 at 10:00:49 AM PST#
Modified by AliceWyman on December 4, 2014 at 1:40:40 PM PST

Here's a screenshot if the new Firefox 34 General panel on Mac OS X 10.6, when Firefox is not the default browser:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/gallery/image/20297
Fx34GeneralPanel-Mac
<sub>Here's another Mac screenshot, when Firefox is currently the default (in case it's needed for this article): https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/gallery/image/20299 Fx34GeneralPanel-default-Mac </sub>

December 7, 2014 at 3:50:25 PM PST#
Modified by AliceWyman on December 8, 2014 at 4:27:50 AM PST

Always check to see if Firefox is the default browser on startup: Select this setting if you want Firefox to check whether it is the default browser at startup. This will ensure Firefox is used whenever an application tries to display a web page.

If Firefox is not currently your default browser, clicking the {button Make Firefox the default browser} button will make it your default browser.

Here's a Windows 7 screenshot of the Firefox 34 General panel , when Firefox is not the default browser:

I checked the [[Options window - Advanced panel]] article, which describes the default browser setting in Firefox 33. The screenshot in that article is for when Firefox is NOT the default browser, as shown in the [/kb/advanced-settings-browsing-network-updates-encryption#w_general-tab Advanced panel General tab section] where it says this, under System Defaults:
* '''Always check to see if Firefox is the default browser on startup''': Select this setting if you want Firefox to check whether it is the default browser at startup. This will ensure Firefox is used whenever an application tries to display a web page.
** If Firefox is not currently your default browser, clicking the {button Make Firefox the default browser} button will make it your default browser.
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Here's a Windows 7 screenshot of the Firefox 34 General panel , when Firefox is not the default browser:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/gallery/image/20314 Fx34OptionsGeneral-Win7
Note that the button in the above screenshot shows "Make Firefox '''My''' Default Browser".
<sub>Here's another Windows screenshot when Firefox is currently the default browser: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/gallery/image/20315 Fx34OptionsGeneral-Win7default (in case it's needed)</sub>

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I made a revision to update this article for Firefox 34 (pending review).

Done, not L10 ready for missing linux screenshot

My mistake ! marked L10 ready, the changes are more important than a linux screenshot (we can add the screenshot at a later time)

thank you

''ideato [[#post-10751|said]]''
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''AliceWyman [[#post-10749|said]]''
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I made a revision to update this article for Firefox 34 (pending review).
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Done, not L10 ready for missing linux screenshot
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'''My mistake ! marked L10 ready,''' the changes are more important than a linux screenshot (we can add the screenshot at a later time)
thank you

Thanks. I wasn't sure myself if this should be ready to localize or not without a linux screenshot.
I'll also mark the [[Make Firefox your default browser]] as ready to localize even though it's also missing a screenshot for linux.

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Thanks for staying on top of this. I agree with the decision to mark is ready for L10N without a Linux screenshot. A screenshot would be a bonus, but it's not absolutely necessary for the article to work.

I'm just catching up on messages, so I apologize for the slow responses this week!

Thanks for staying on top of this. I agree with the decision to mark is ready for L10N without a Linux screenshot. A screenshot would be a bonus, but it's not absolutely necessary for the article to work.
I'm just catching up on messages, so I apologize for the slow responses this week!